Washington Post App Reviews

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Faulty print edition. I use both the digital version and the soon to be replaced print versions of the wapo apps. With what is available in the most recent versions of the digital app, I fear that many of the features of the print app will be lost in the upcoming move to a single app. Two of these features are: control over which section are downloaded when the app opens and the ability to change pages with a simple touch instead of a swipe. At home, with excellent internet speed, choosing which sections to download is not critical. However, when travelling and at the mercy of a hotel’s slow speeds, it does become very important. I have had cases where it took over 15 minutes to download a single section. The touch vs. swipe may seem insignificant to some but if you must work with one hand while holding your iPad having the ability to turn the page with a simple touch is important. I hope the Post keeps these and the other print addition features when they finally retire the dedicated print app.

Usps. I retired from USPS in 2017. The Post Office was created during the birth of our nation. It was created as a Service for our nation not a business entity. That was changed under a Republican Administration in 1972. It was was made a quasi government enterprise to make a profit. In which it did. The government took their profits for many years. Then in another Republican Administration in 2007 made sure the Usps was saddled with paying forward health expanses and pensions so far ahead that people not born yet will have the pensions and health care funded. No other government entity has this burden. This was done to hurry the break up of the Usps so it can be pickup by private companies. My know the history and the job,,I know the Usps. I have always considered the Usps a Service to the American people not a business . It should not be saddled with fiscal burdens to destroy it but it must be returned to what the founding fathers wanted,,to be a Service to the American people. Thanks BW Cox

A terrific app for a great newspaper. I am new to this app, but not to the Washington Post. This is one of only a handful of “must reads” for anyone wishing to stay fully informed. It’s location in our nation’s capital gives reporters there the advantage in detailing the workings of our government and the activities of our elected officials (plus the goings-on of the unelected players). If this were all the WP did, it would be enough, but there are many other articles on a wide array of interests, including things to do and see in and around Washington, local and national sports, and a roster of talented columnists covering anything you could imagine. There are multiple packages and price points for the app sufficient to include any reader, and the app itself is very user-friendly. Download it and see for yourself; you won’t be disappointed.

Bias. I decided to try WP as Conservative hoping to find journalistic neutrality! Send me any article that shows your appreciation of what Trump, or Republicans are doing that’s opposed by Democrats but you at WaPo like it. I haven’t found a single article praising a new approach to Middle East peace, or value of Border wall. Also in fairness no article that shows corruption of Biden clan. No mention of Hunter. Or how Democrats Systematically damaged Trump by creating media storm about false Russian collusion and Ukraine phone call. Both these had to be well understood by elite in media as ‘not as bad’ as they were made out to be right from the start. I wish no one on Right stoops this low for the sake of Union. Judiciary is trying to hold us together by trying to go to middle, and It would not be too much to expect that from Media if they acknowledged legitimate ideas and accomplishments of ‘Right’. On the other hand I won’t be surprised if Biden is quickly discarded on health grounds and more left leaning leadership takes over. And WaPo will applaud it as gracious exit.

Preeminent Paper. The Post is almost always on the Federal Gov. stories right away with excellent reporters. So I learn the facts and possible future soon. The columnists are also on the events right away, doing good analysis right away. I always read D. Ignatius, almost learning every time. He is in James Reston’s league. While the last Republican Presidential candidate I voted for was R. Nixon, who so surpasses Trump as to render Trump a nothing, I always read G. Will and thank you for having him. I might disagree with him, but I learn the conservative view. Sometimes he changes my mind, always he educates me. I am a retired lawyer and analyzed a case with “why does my opponent think he/she can win.” Sometimes, I would see and adjust strategy. Mr. Will makes me think that way now.

Very good coverage, too many “alerts”. The W Post has very good coverage, especially of US politics and world events. And despite those on the far right who can’t stand any news that contradicts their world view castigating WP, I find their reporting to be largely without bias. They *do* seem to have a bias for presenting a lot of pesky facts, which further aggravates those on the far right who deal in opinion and innuendo. As long as they keep the subscription price reasonable - which it is, especially when compared to other news outlets of their stature, I will continue to subscribe. My biggest complaint is their overuse of news “alerts” for items that are not of sufficient importance to merit an alert. They seem to do this in an attempt to increase viewership by encouraging the recipient to click through to the main site or app.

Too Few Quality News Sources Remain Nowadays. I grew up at a time when mid sized cities had quality local papers and televised news. Nationally there were three major networks that provided political balance and maintained actual journalists to report and anchor. Another commonality, what these sources provided was information edited with integrity and published with an attempt to provide factual reports. Today, CNN does retain some of that character and the actual news segments of NBC, ABC, CBS, and MSNBC appear to do the same. I gather that lately even Fox does that .occasionally . However, financial stresses and the internet with its information flow has led to a lot of shrinkage - and the reduction of reliable sources of valid, factual news. The Washington Post is one of the few to come close to maintaining journalistic standards in reporting and editing. I appreciate this paper and the other media sources and employees who try to keep a decent news flow in our Country.

Accessibility features lacking. Very nice UI, but! The accessibility features (such as font size) are very limited. Max font size is nowhere near large enough, and I’m unable to find any further options for features such as text to speech, nor a method by which suggestions can be made. Please do better for the visually or hearing impaired, app Devs! 20-30 year olds with perfect vision/hearing, and who are able-bodied in general, must do better, especially if your companies leadership expects more and more folks to fork over their hard earned $$ to “popular” subscription models for accessing your digital content. Only the most diverse and robust options will survive this pandemic, and personally I’d prefer it be the WaPo who wins the rat race over the NYT (who, by the way, has many larger font options, just saying).

An appreciation for the courageous. Our Founding Father’s created a government that was is supposedly designed with “Checks and Balances.” What they did not plan on was that moment when one of those branches lacks the integrity or courage to executed their solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Sadly, that is where we find ourselves at this moment. The WP and others in MSM - particularly print media - have courageously stepped in to fill the breech to bravely defend the Rule of Law, and the concept of Human Decency our forefathers valued so much. So far, their reward - to come under an attack that seems to get stronger everyday. At some point history will show us who were the heroes and who were the villains of this moment in our journey. No doubt - America’s Free Press will be among those heroes. My hope is that ALL of America comes to that realization soon. I’m not sure we will ever truly appreciate the great patriotic service these journalist have performed for our nation.

Best of the three Post apps. This is the best of the three apps that the Washington Post has out there. The print version is exactly what it sounds like; nothing wrong with it, but I get tired of zooming in and having to find the continuation of the article. The newest app has a slick design, so it looks very current, but it is terrible to use. This app is the ‘middle’ one; it is a continuation of the first digital-native app they came up with, and although it isn’t super pretty, it has a nice display of multiple articles, so you can decide what you want to read rather than having one particular article pushed on you. The articles read cleanly, and the graphics are well incorporated. Major problems with it include the fact that even for subscribers some of the advertising — especially in videos — is intrusive, links sometimes connect to paywalled content, and, most importantly, if you are mid-article and leave the app, when you restart it, it resets to the front page. Sometimes it can be quite difficult to relocate the article that you were reading previously. Better reading apps (Kindle, Apple Books, etc.) reopen to what you were previously reading and give you the choice when you want to return to the top-level directory.

The Washington Post: The “go to” news for news. I was, since the age of FIVE, when I learned how to read well, an avid reader (seriously!) of anything except sports, in the New York Times. Fast forward to the ripe old age of 66, and slowly but steadily, since 2016, when the presidential election was lost to a would-be despot (will-be?), I gravitated toward the Washington Post. Recently, I look the leap, and I am now a subscriber to the Washington Post. As of now, I am an avid supporter of this fine newspaper, and even when I know an article I am about to read is one I will find utterly awful because of the subject (such as racial bigotry and Trumps’s constant tweeting random/or lies), I KNOW I will be reading what MUST be read for the sake of TRUTH, not “fake news” or “alternative facts”. The Washington Post simply IS to me what the NEW YORK TIMES was- superb journalism without the backsliding. I couldn’t be happier with my first choice in news readership!

Bug that WP Won’t Fix. I like the paper, and for the most part, I like the app, too, but there is one aspect of it I do not like. If I go to Print Edition, Archive, there is a bug that results in a mismatch between the date at the top of the page and the day of the paper selected below. For example, if I select the paper from the calendar for Monday, April 24, it will say “Sunday, April 23” at the top (the date of the paper I will get will match the one selected in the calendar). This anomaly usually isn’t a problem; I just ignore the date at the top of the page. But on Sundays, if I go to the Archive page and select a day prior, I can read tat day’s paper, but I CANNOT get back to Sunday until the next day, Monday. I know it’s not just me because I’ve tried it on my other devices, devices belonging to other people, and the same anomaly exists. I’ve tried submitting trouble tickets (twice) to the app developers, and they act like they don’t know what I’m talking about (despite the fact that I send screen shots) and that I’m the only person with this problem. They refuse to try to fix it.

Consider this. Dear Washington Post, Yes…I’m aware that the times have changed in ALL profitable industries. Be clear, this review is NOT about that. Instead, as a suggestion, please read the most current book by Alexandra Robbins. You don’t even need to read the entire chapter to understand her gist. Why? Because I am a lifetime reader of WaPo. Now go to the July 16 issue - G section. On G3 there is the data analysis for the week. Kids aren’t looking for topics that don’t concern them. To further my point…read the largest photo in the Lifestyle section AND the front page of today’s Business section. Talk about high interest stories for upper elementary students. Please have enough professional faith in veteran teachers to use the resources available to them. Let’s perpetuate and build readers in the DMV area…. these are your future subscribers to your online access… Please take this up the chain. You can do this. Thank you.

WaPo is tracking what you do--even w/ paid subscription. UPDATE: After some research, it looks like the reason it won't recognize me as a subscriber is because I have private browsing on, and I limit ad tracking. So basically WaPo is forcing digital readers to give up our privacy to access their content. Wow. Big brother is watching everything. It's not like I have things to hide, but this does feel like overreaching because I'm PAYING so it's not like they aren't ready making money from me. And they don't make it explicitly known that they're tracking you, even as a paid subscriber. Feels wrong to me. Ugh! App repeatedly "forgets" that I'm a subscriber, and whenever it prompts me to sign in again, it will not allow me to see content.I'm a paid subscriber, I have a valid account online, and saved password, but somehow this app won't recognize it. The old print app recognizes it, but not this digital page. Too frustrating to read. I'll get my news elsewhere and stop paying for denial of access.

Clickbait Headlines. While Bezos owning the Washington Post may have helped get them the right tech to modernize their website and apps, the biggest downside I see, and one that I think has contributed to our culture of polarization, is the exaggerated, hyperbolic clickbait headlines used to drive user engagement. I can’t go a week without seeing how so-and-so “brutally” “took down” so-and-so and similar. For someone who seems to pride himself on the quality of his reading repertoire and started his business in books (and who’s so wealthy you’d think he would set more limits on this), Bezos has optimized eyeballs at the cost of de-elevating the quality of the Post’s reading experience, and it’s uncomfortable—I want a Post subscription to balance against the New York Times, but I feel less elevated reading today’s Post headlines, to the point where it feels like less of a stretch to think that Bernstein and Woodward must have reported for the Times rather than for their “modern” Washington alternative.

I love the Post. My reading of the Post goes back to Watergate when it was all alone in reporting on the scandal against fierce opposition from the government lead by Nixon. So I trust the Post’s reporting. Another reason I like reading the Post is the great literary style of it’s writing. Sometimes I reread a sentence because it is so well written. Even straight news reporting often has interesting phrases. I really enjoy Martin Weil’s weather writing. Sometimes it’s almost poetic. And I’ve watched a Robin Given (can’t spell last name) advance from writing about fashion to interesting and timely commentary on important current events. I also enjoy seeing the variety of different ethnic names of the writers of various news stories This is a very American trait that I am dismayed to see under attack. So keep up the good work and I’ll keep reading. PS Thete are several other columnists I regularly read but don’t have time to list them

This app is a joke - a bad one. I subscribed to The Post over an hour ago and have spent most of my time since then trying to get signed in to this app. When I open the app and enter the email address on my WaPo account I get a pop-up telling me that I need to sign in on the website so that the site and the app can share my info. The Boston Globe and The New York Times don’t ask me to jump through hoops like this, but okay. When I sign in on washingtonpost dot com I receive an email telling me that a link has been sent to my email for one-click log in. Okay fine. I go to the email and click. It takes me back to the website and I’m all logged in. Then I go to the app and - lather, rinse, repeat. I was able to log in to the website using my email and password on my laptop, but when I want back to my phone to give it a try - same stupid loop all over again. I do not want to have to log in to a website on my phone. I want and need the convenience of an app. Apparently I’ll not get that here. I don’t currently have a personal laptop or desktop to use for this. I’m glad I got a good promo rate to subscribe. I won’t lose more than a few dollars for this month. I’ll be canceling once I hit “send” on this.

Five Stars for The Dedicated Journalists of the Washington Post. This is more of a profound, heart-felt thank you to the hard-working, dedicated journalists and all the staff of the Washington Post for being our light in the darkness as our nation struggles to steer our democracy out of the quagmire of Trump and all he represents. I don’t know where we would be or how our democracy would survive without your efforts on behalf of truth and justice. I start and end each day with you, and trust I will find the answers we all are seeking in your stories. I’d also like to thank the families of your journalists and all the staff of the Washington Post for their sacrifice of time and family life that allow these pieces to be written and to become lifelines for us all. We and our country are in your debt. Thank You! Renee A. Huss, Ph.D., St. Louis, Missouri

A great app that is a background hog. I have used this app for many years and it keeps getting better with each release. However, recently it has become a background hog. Some days, half of my battery usage is this app doing something in the background. That is, even when I am not using it, with “Background App Refresh” turned off, this app is busy eating up my battery and working away. I don’t know what it is doing. But I refuse to let some app do so much that I know nothing about. I’ve now deleted it. I’ll use a web browser to access WashPost unless this gets fixed. (Question for Apple: How can this happen with “Background App Refresh” turned off?) Aug 1: Per the developer, updating to IOS 13.6 solved the problem. All is good again.

Okay. I’m just a WaPo digital basic lady, so maybe I don’t have all the options that I’ll now complain about. I am a full access New York Times subscriber, so I’ll make a bit of a comparison. I like NYT so much better because it is less jumbled up and the articles refresh at least daily (with breaking news at the top) so I don’t have to sort through all those articles I already read. On WaPo, the same articles are featured for a week at a time. On NYT, I choose my own view of favorite sections and I get the crossword, so there’s value in a full subscription. I check the news like 10 times every day; I don’t want to see the old articles forever. It’s cool to have the WaPo print edition, but navigating it on a 5” screen isn’t easy. The writing is strong, and the WaPo is more gossipy on politics than the NYT (which I consider a good thing;). Plus I live in VA and it’s good to get that local flair. Still, I’m not looking at WaPo as much as I thought I would because of the article refresh problem, and because I can’t curate my view for my favorite sections. Last thing, I do hesitate on the WaPo because Jeff Besos owns it. One guy shouldn’t own the world and its news.

Slanted Washington Post. When I was growing up in Washington DC, Northern Virginia my father was a great reporter who was well respected. He wanted me to read the Washington Post which I started to do at a young age. At this time the paper appeared to be a good place for learning the news. He stated that it was overall unbiased and had good information and reporters. I grew to enjoy reading the paper in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Trouble with the paper is it’s honestly a slanted paper. Constantly attacking Trump and not doing any substantive stories about Biden and his apparent incompetence and probable criminal if not treasonous activities with a possible pay to play enterprise. If Trump has done immoral or illegal things then yes the truth should be revealed. The same is true with the Biden’s and the Clinton’s. This was the newspaper who exposed Watergate but won’t look into the Clinton’s or Biden’s alleged involvement in probable criminal enterprises. My father was a hard nosed fair and honest reporter who went with the truth no matter who was involved. He taught me to look at things impartially. This helped me greatly in my professional careers. The only reason I still subscribe to the paper is to read about Washington area sports. The rest of the paper is only worthy of lining the bottom of a bird cage. Sad a once great paper is now pretty much a worthless shell of its former self.

Survival tool. I long for a functioning “fourth estate”, the investigation and information check on our three branches of government. WAPO consistently delivers accurate, relevant, and fair coverage that opens my eyes to change and spotlights news on the intractable obstacles our society still has not solved. As a native I want local, practical news about government actions, DC goings on, and who is influencing whom…(and for how much!) As an American I rely on news analyses that correctly recognize pivots and shifts in our society. Simply put, Washington Post gives me all of this... and more. Even among the many competitors for my attention, even after 35 years, WAPO still provides the absolutely the best sourced and best synthesized information about our nation’s Capitol, national policy summaries, and local news. It is a big part of my life and my ongoing education. Bless them all.

The Indispensable Washington Post. The Post I Has never been more necessary in its long and storied history than it is Right Now. Given the current climate of overt and covert frontal and rear guard attacks on our government, our institutions, our very Democracy and Truth Itself, The Post is a beacon in this awful miasma that helps us all divine what is real of people, place and thing….we would be bereft in so many fundamental ways if the people who serve as our guides and counsel at The Post weren’t so dedicated to their mission of keeping our republic, our free society informed and thinking. Thank You All for your commitments to maintaining a just, thoughtful, reasonable and fair discourse in the midst of the current mayhem that has been inflicted upon us by forces that would undo us. Amen & Awomen!

Video ads. For the last week, I have been plagued with a video ad for a personnel service that begins talking shortly after I start reading an article. I can't find any way to turn it off and it is irritating and intrusive. Am getting to the point of cancelling my subscription if it doesn't stop. Update, it is now broadcasting this same talking ad every single time I try to read an article. I am regretfully canceling my subscription. I will check back in a couple months to see if this has been fixed, but for now, can't stand it. Another update. I did cancel, but like the post so much, I regretted it and renewed the next day. Now I am canceling again. Every single time I tap on an article to read it, a voice blares, “For the past 25 years, PNP personnel services...” I did write to the help desk, and got back an email that did not resolve the problem. Nobody else has complained about this, which leaves me wondering why I have been so blessed with the attentions of PNP personnel services. I’ve tried easy solutions, but no setting addresses it. If anybody has any ideas, I’d be happy to try them. I love the Post, but have come to hate PNP personnel services more.

The Big Picture. My husband and I live in Nebraska. We actually have two homes, a shouse in northeast Nebraska and a home in Lincoln. It has given us both great anxiety in recent years to see what has happened to our democracy. My grandfather immigrated from Sweden. He deeply treasured the opportunities that were afforded to him and other family members when they came to the United States. He prided himself on being politically astute. That desire to know what is happening in our beloved country and to participate in the political process was passed on to his family. My husband and I were Peace Corps volunteers in the 60’s and we lived and worked in 6 other countries. We have been proud to be citizens of the United States. We have great difficulty understanding the behavior of a significant number of our present day politicians. In spite of all this, we strive to stay informed about our country now and about what may happen in the not so distant future. We greatly appreciate the work of the Washington Post to keep us informed about the State of our Nation! Thank you!

A new year for WAPO. I read WAPO daily, and NYT, the guardian, the Atlantic, listen to NPR; I used to read WSJ, I like Spiegel, CN news, nothing in the Middle East, read Moscow Carnegie Int’l for peace and security. The combination of this effort gives me an insight into what is going on in the world and domestically. I stopped reading WSJ; the subscribers are too racist for my taste. The NYT is somewhat similar to WAPO; last year was good for both newspapers. WAPO accepted about 80 % of my comments, the NYT barely 20%. Carnegie no longer accept comments, the comments were too damaging for allied countries in the middle east. I am no longer interested in what they have to say. Comments are extremely important for a large sector of subscribers. WAPO IS SCREENING AND REJECTING MORE COMMENTS. Progressive democrats may decide to create online their own forum and subscriptions for WAPO/NYT may plateau. Forums end up becoming more radicals. There are plenty of good publications waiting for readers. WAPO SHOULD NOT TAKE READERS FOR GRANTED.

Great content, I only wish it worked well. First kudos to the WaPo the content is mostly excellent top to bottom. But neither the app, nor the browser version (I mostly use Safari) are smooth experiences. Dynamic page resizing when ads refreshing, distracting ads is probably the biggest issue, but sometimes small text or photos that won't allow zoom are super annoying especially if it happens mid article. Two particular nits, crosswords - you'd better finish it in one go, the save function works randomly, and usually not at all. And the absolute worst is the comics, slightly better in the app, but many faves are missing. In the browser it almost seems like a different selection altogether, but so many issues, it feels like an editor had never been there - dead links, each comic has it's own form of date navigation. But like i started off - it is a great selection.

Great quality journalism, functionality leaves much to be desired for me. Despite having had a subscription (through the Apple store) for a while now, in the app I can only read a couple of articles or so because after that, when I try to go to another article, be it through a link embedded in the article I’m currently reading, or by going back to the home screen of the app, I am sent to the subscribe screen. I tried to restore Apple store purchase, but I get a message saying that no subscription associated with my Apple ID was found, and to try to sing into the Wapo or make an account. I tried to delete the app and re-install it, I restarted the iPad several times, to no avail. I HAVE a subscription, and I DON’T want to sign up for more accounts, our information is out there enough as it is already. Please look into this and try to fix the issue. It is possible, for instance the Wall Street Journal app seems to have flawless functionality. I really don’t want to drop this subscription, but if I am unable to read the paper, I may end up giving it up.

Hold the door. Having watched numerous videos of the insurrection on January 6, I was still not prepared for the horrors this article portrayed regarding the experience of the DC officers who were trying to hold the West Terrace door. The vivid and detailed accounts were much more profound and heartbreaking than the videos could ever convey. I have no idea what it was like for these police officers, however, in my eyes they are all heroes. I was struck by the betrayal of these officers by President Trump. Through sheer strength and determination, these officers tried to hold the door and keep the insurrection from spilling into the Capital building. I am amazed and grateful we did not lose more police officers during the insurrection. While losing one officer is too many, from this written account, it is clear we could’ve lost more due to the president’s inaction. Thank you for this incredibly vivid account of what these officers endured.

Always Top Notch. I grew up in DC in the 60s and the Post was always on our family’s stoop despite little money to spare. My mother said it was important to be aware of the world around us and since there were six of us, it was a bargain. Like most of us, the Post has had its up and downs, but it always strives for excellence. Journalism is a tough business, especially with the multitude of social media options. Along with the NYT and the Boston Globe, it is my go to for honest reporting—-they endeavor to separate fact from fiction. One thing—-I am really torn by the Post’s scoop on Jack Teixerira’s horrendous distribution of top secret documents. On the one hand, I am fairly certain the Post helped pave the way to JT’s arrest, but I struggle with whether or not they had to reveal all the documents that had to do with national security. I know, I know, citizens need to know what our government is up to. But…Loose lips sink ships? For me the bigger story is how in the world did a slimy punk get his hands on this info and what are we going to do about it?

Horrible up scrolling. I recently manually updated The Washington Post app and discovered that they’ve added this really annoying “feature“, where when you scroll to the top of an article and go up once more it transports you back to wherever you clicked to get to that article. Frequently one may scroll to the top of the article to check out the author, the headline, the time of publication, etc. I am used to being able to scroll quickly to the top of anything on the phone. The top of an article is an important location. So you may scroll quickly to get to the top. So now when you do that you get sucked right out of the article, because obviously you are not going to scroll with exact precision to the top. Incredibly, incredibly annoying. Knocking down two stars because of this. Otherwise this app has always gotten praise from me.

More Left Leaning than Centrist. Disappointing.. The other day I noticed on a couple media bias graphs that the WP was dead center with the highest amount of original content. As someone who doesn’t fit in either political party I have been longing for a news source that works hard to see both sides, like I do. So, when I saw the graphs I decided to order a subscription at a promo price that seemed generous. The first two days I read as much as I could and seemed to be getting what I had hoped for. Then yesterday I opened the app and was dismayed at what I saw yesterday. Four out of the six featured pieces were obviously left leaning on the issues of state rights, abortion, and the use of presidential power (9/5/21). Were the other two right leaning to at least attempt to give a little balance? No, they were not. They were about items that didn’t have a political impact. I’m going to give the Post a couple more weeks to try to prove me wrong on this, but I’m not all that hopeful. Has the news media swung so far left in general that the Post just looks centrist by comparison? I love the way the app is arranged. But I do have a complaint about the search feature. I searched for articles on Indonesia and got several hits from a couple of weeks ago. When I attempted to click on the links the only place they sent me was back to the front page of the current day.

Great news source, lousy app. No question, WaPo is my go-to news source for All Things DC. It's profoundly satisfying to read well researched, trustworthy journalism in a day of claimed witch hunts and fake news. So why does such a fine media outlet have such a crappy app? The navigation is awkward at best. Ads are often intrusive, disrupting reading. We subscribers get only partial versions of the print or browser-ready WaPo with the apps. Whole sections are missing, to say nothing of less popular articles. And there are no comments. WaPo comments are worth reading if only because some DC insider anonymously posts a news nugget from time to time. Many are thought provoking or witty or both. WaPo's app developers have been aware of these issues with the app for a long time-I mean years. The app developers always promise fixes but seldom do apps change. It's jarring that journalism of WaPo's quality is delivered with the faulty, user hostile classic black or blue app. It's outrageous that the app is unleashed in an unsuspecting world by WaPo publisher Jeff Bezos, the guy who practically invented seamless digital usability with his little ecommerce venture. Fix the problems, man. Deliver apps as good as the WaPo news reporting.

civility and balance. Write that.. Tell the truth more. I see slant and agendas everywhere on every page —not even counting the opinion page. Build readers up with the stories of our nation and not just stir up today’s click bait hate rant. (While criticizing Facebook!) Raise your game and write the hard stuff with context, nuance and our history of change and growth — which we can prove. Has any other country in history accomplished what we have? Tell that. How about a history section. Tell our story. Show how far we have come and how close we are to falling in the chasm. Weed out the hater/silencers who devour good, imperfect people. Find normal people to write about. And what’s up with the shaming, slamming of the senator from Az? Not falling in line use to be an American tradition. Knock it off. Help us see the evil is mostly in ourselves, in our own corruption. Investigate and weed out your corruption. Help readers weed out their. I’m trying to weed out mine. Very few of us are actual victims. Stop promoting victimhood. We are, however all sinners. Rid yourselves of the dripping cynicism and anger in much of what is written. In short start acting like a grownups. You could bring civility back in writing style. You could do this. Just tell us the objective truth. At least once in a while —-

Exclusive new tools to keep up with the news?. Since the update today the app does not open/simply crashes every time I attempt to open it. Is that one of the exclusive new tools? Just wondering.... When I attempted to open the updated app, the app would show the opening screen (grey page with “Washington Post” in the center of the screen). This remained for roughly thirty seconds after which the app would suddenly close. When double-clicking on the iPhone home button following the crash, a “ghost image” of a page from a Washington Post article that I last read before the update would show as one of the open apps. I assume—but cannot say with certainty—that this article was open when the app updated. In order to resolve the situation, I deleted and then re-downloaded the update app. After signing into my Washington Post account via the reinstalled app, I successfully regained access to the app/Washington Post content. I’ve not encountered further issues with the updated app since that time.

Search is useless, lack of dissent. A recent article I had seen while scrolling the app was no longer visible. I searched the subject’s name but only older articles appeared. I went on Google and found the WaPo article and that link brought me back to the app. A frustrating work around and I’ve had to do this many times. Also, sometimes certain stories linger on the home page for a few too many days. And the Crossword sub-section frequently forgets my progress and I must restart a puzzle if I dare step away for too many minutes. Those are tech issues which will likely continue to be disregarded (they’re a year old at least). Content-wise, I would like to see more dissenting voices — throw rocks at the establishment and think critically and not as all one team. When one of your own reporters is blatantly hypocritical I shouldn’t have to go on Google to find (the thousands of) dissenting voices calling her out, this time with no self-critical WaPo links BTW.

Overall good, but.... I’ve been using this app on both iPhone and iPad and it continues too a good way too navigate and read the paper on these devices. One thing has changed with the latest update. Previously, when opening articles from the WaPo email news digest I receive several times a day, it would open them in the browser and not the app, which was fine. The browser would have the little arrow in the upper left corner to get back to the email app to continue going through the list of articles. Now when clicking on a link in the email WaPo digest, it opens the browser and from the browser offers to view the article in the app. After clicking to open the app, the return arrow lead back to the browser, not the email app. There is an unneeded clunky browser step in the middle. A fix to the app to allow moving back and forth between the email digest and the app would be a great feature in an upcoming release (which would make it operate as seamlessly as The NY Times app). Also when clicking on a link in the email digest when there are no open windows already open, it often jumps to the browser but then nothing happens. Also, oddly, from scrolling through the reviews, I appears the vast majority are about the WaPo itself and have nothing to do with the actual WaPo app.

No Comments, Poor Support for Subscribers. This app doesn’t show comments on the articles. So if you want to see the comments you click on the share to/open with button and click Chrome. But wait, that doesn’t allow you to open in Chrome. You can only bookmark or add it to a reading list. Why can’t you simply open it in Chrome, you ask? I was curious too! So I called their support phone number since there is no option for developer support or feedback and the “developer website” simply links to the newspaper homepage. At the 800 number I got a very nice lady overseas who did not understand my question. I asked for a supervisor who also didn’t understand and said I would have to “search for the article in a mobile browser.” So I called the 202 number and explained that I was a paying subscriber in Virginia and could I please speak to a DC/Virginia based person to ask a question and (now) make a complaint. I got a recording and left a voicemail. Instead of a call I got an email asking me to write what I wanted. I called the 202 back and explained to a nice lady in DC what happened and she said to email back requesting a call. I did so. As for writing what my problem is, I decided to go ahead and write that right here. Under a single star.

More emphasis on newsworthy positive.. Frightening how much advertising, hacking, interruptions not desired crowd into the actual news reporting. Frightening how google overrides my safari. Apparently this is the way the internet works now and everyone I mention it to hates it also. Stressful. Annoying. A huge waste of time deleting. No wonder we are in a mental health crisis. Aside from the time it takes to eliminate trash and waste, instant news is a miracle, the WP is filled with useful if heartbreaking information. I wish the writers were more representative in their numbers of the actual population of this country. Also wish the Senate represented the population numbers of the State. It is beyond belief how incorrectly and unfairly they represent the people in various states. Democracy is an uphill battle against power interests and money. Will never change. A tribute to courage and decency that the fight continues. Thank you.

A Forgetful App. I subscribe to both The NY Times and the Washington Post. It’s interesting to compare how the two papers use mobile apps to present their content. Each has its advantages, but I find that the Washington Post Classic app has a couple of significant deficiencies. On the plus side, the Washington Post is a more visually appealing and less cluttered presentation compared to the NY Times. But there are two behaviors that I find limit the usefulness of the Washington Post Classic app. First is the fact that it does not give any indication of stories that have already been read. The NY Times app, for example, dims to a fainter gray the headline text of stories that have been opened. Second, and most infuriating, is that the Washington Post Classic app seems incapable of remembering the reader’s position within the app. Leave the app to read a text message? When you return to the Washington Post app you’ll be returned to the story you were reading, but once leaving that you’re back at the top of the story list and forced to scroll and scroll to re-find where you were. This often happens even when you haven’t left the app at all and simply close a story. (Note that I’m using a current generation iPad Pro.)

The seven morning news summary. I generally like The 7 on The Washington Post it has some items usually there that are unexpected and not in the usual news cycle items. I like the commentators generally. However some aesthetic issues bother me a little bit. The music in between the articles is now become quite old and boring. They need to change that up. And sometimes the music doesn't go with what the last item was because the item may have said somebody died or something for example and the music comes on which is bright and doesn't fit with what the persons just said in the article. maybe no music would be appropriate at that time. The background art is a little dubious as well. They might consider artificial intelligence of drawing that's neutral that won't take away from the articles. I think one of the pictures shows an eye looking at you which is kind of weird. Primates do not like to look at another primates eye in general.

Stupid ai. Once again, search by typing in the author’s name and the article I want is NOT listed, even though the article is in today’s eblast “The Post Most.” Since the title is a long sentence, I type in the portion I think is somewhat unique. Zip. Zero. Nada. I’ll sure someone, will if there are Ny real people at WaPo, will say I don’t know how to type or use a search field… okay, copy and paste the “headline” into the search box results in absolutely nothing. Don’t be fooled, AI is stupid. Companies launch as WaPo buy a subscription, load it on to their server, and then don’t bother to check, test, nor try it. Well, I guess no human beings work at WaPo. So, it time to stop paying and cancel the “subscription.” Note: I reported this same problem about a year ago, and several months later, search seemed to work. Perhaps, subsequent updates broke broke the working search, and nobody bother to check. That’s common of many companies in that they announce a new feature or fix some feature but don’t teat everything and actual broke exist features. Stupidly stupid. If human beings would test the entire platform, there would be no need to constantly release updates that fix x, y, and z.

Great Paper, OK App. I mostly like the Washington Post app—except for its terrible search function. It is easy to scroll through the promoted articles and jump from current stories to related items. I also appreciate that the advertisements are relatively unobtrusive, unlike, for example, the Richmond Times Dispatch, which is difficult to read online because of its obtrusive pop up ads. I am frustrated, however, by the inadequate search capability inside the Wapo app. I am often unable to locate articles I see in the print edition when I want to find them online and read them in the app. We should be able to search for an article by author or by the print headline, but neither of these methods work consistently.

Check the Post every morning., noon and night. I love the convenience of this App even though I have news aggregators for my favorite topics. On this app, the Washington Post stands alone because, for me, it is special. I trust it. Sometimes I want to skip the rest and just see what The Post has to say about something. Sometimes, I receive articles before the stories come out in print and that’s fun for me. But I also enjoy searching through historical archive stories that evolved over time. I frequently compare WAPO’s perspective with that of papers and topical magazines in the U.S. and abroad. This app makes it easier. The Post verifies it’s breaking stories. So reading the paper via the app gives me deep insight into both fools gold and fact-based stories that arise in other media throughout the day, The Washington Post app gives me many entertaining and informative articles to easily share with my friends on social media. I also confidently reference articles at the Post when I write online stories on topics that the general public might find interesting.. In short, I appreciate WAPO’s in-depth, longitudinal stories, award-winning research and unique, fact-checked perspective. I like having it with me all day long on my phone.

A New Trick For An Old Dog. As a born and bred New Yorker from the forties, now retired in Florida, I escaped the cold with only one source of print media, The Times. I continue to read it in digital form and the machinations of New York life remain interesting to me. A like minded friend whom I met upon settling into Palm Beach County alerted me to the benefits of reading The Post. It wasn’t as if I didn’t know of its existence. Anyone who lived through the Watergate era had to be impressed by the quality of investigative reporting that it produced. I have been reading it daily for the last five years. It has become the foundation of my national news ever since. The quality of reporting is excellent, appropriately focused and it certainly disdains sensationalism. During this past year of COVID-19 and the election I stay in touch with breaking news throughout the day. Thank you for asking for my opinion and for producing such a high quality publication. Respectfull, David Eidelman.

Google ads block recipes- WP does nothing.. I have written again& again to ask WP to PLEASE provide the option to “x” out google ads in recipes. On any other site I can “x” out ads & put the recipe in PDF form in iBooks on my phone. I’m a paying subscriber & can copy recipes from NYT & many other sites after I “x” out google by clicking on the “x” in the ad & then click on “ad covers content.” It works everywhere but not on WP site. I did that on several ads in today’s “special” recipe from WP but could not on a US Cellular ad. So the stinking ad covers a huge chunk of the instructions for the recipe. Thanks, WP, for not giving a rip- for YEARS. I’ll never look at recipes again on your site & I’m considering ending my subscription. Their “tech” team seems to not have a clue. US Cellular’s ad is an encouragement to never use their service. I don’t now & never will.

No Options for Upgrading Subscription. I am a basic digital subscriber that was interested in upgrading to a premium subscription so my wife could also access the WP app on a bonus subscription. Every time I went to settings the app told me I was already a subscriber with no options to upgrade from basic to premium. I sent a help request and the WP agent redirected me to the same spot on the app which obviously didn’t help. My only option was to let my free subscription expire and it looks like I have to start over. There is a $39 introductory offer for a premium subscription. That’s all I wanted to do. Appears that subscribing to the WP through Apple News did not provide any options to upgrade to the $39 into offer except if I wanted to sign up got the $149 annual offer. Overall experience was pretty frustrating as if anyone reading this will actually care about how difficult it is to upgrade this subscription. Also, why Apple News did not offer both a basic and premium subscription after a free trial is beyond me.

Superior Factual Journalism. We hear the term Patriot being thrown around by blow hearts that want to twist the information, they believe if they speak their falsehoods numerous times that people will believe their narrative is the truth. But in reality they do not have facts or truth. The Post and it’s journalists have verified facts that speak truth to power. Journalists at the Post are professionals and not two bit imposters that fill present day public positions. They understand that any false information not varieties would be career ending. The Post’s Journalist are our true PATRIOTS! Those that tell the true story fear reporting falsehoods. Those that tell falsehoods have no fear of telling falsehoods because their only survival is to bend the truth to their universe, they fill if you say unverified falsehoods enough there must be some truth in what they say. Free journalism verified is what helps keep are lives free!

Always very informing and well researched articles. Wa Post does a very professional job of researching their articles. I appreciate the level of professionalism in journalism. It would be interesting to me to read more articles in regards to political issues of why the differences in political views. What are the reasons why some people want to believe in conspiracy theories. Why some highly educated people either buy into them, or just use them for their own aims. Also it would be interesting to see articles that explain the basic core beliefs of republicans vs Democrats, and how those beliefs are taken to extremes. We are in a time where we don’t want to ask our families or neighbors about their beliefs because they are just that, their beliefs and it does not provide any goodwill to question another’s beliefs, so if we can read about a reporters conversation with different views and maybe question their thoughts that may not make sense to some, that could be helpful. Thanks for great journalism!

Journalism is almost happening. I give the New York Times 4 stars. I wish I could give them five but in the past two decades or so they have backed away from genuine journalism and participated instead in “bothsideism” which is not journalism. It is reporting truth on one side and lies and propaganda on the other. No ethical journalist would provide a platform for propaganda and lies without labeling it propaganda and lies. Sadly, the NYT believes reporting both sides and giving equal weight and validity to both sides equals responsible journalism. It does not. The fourth estates sole purpose is to inform with facts and truth - not to print lies. This leads down the road to tyranny. Sadly the New York Times has not yet grasped the historical fact that when tyranny comes one of the first institutions terminated are the press. Pay attention NYT - your “both sides” reporting may be the cause of your demise.

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Great paper & app - just needs a feature added. It’s a fantastic source of quality journalism that I read daily. It’s a good interface face. However it needs to add the ability to comment - where comments are open - which is currently only available on a computer. I wrote the above two years ago. Why has nothing changed? It’s out of step with other newspapers of repute around the world.

On top down under. Each morning The Post gives me insight into what’s happening in the top half of the world. Informative, easy to read, The Post, is an important start to my day down under..

Get the inside edge. I’m an offshore reader, but WaPo provides fantastic coverage of the US political scene, which after all matters to everyone, interested party or not. Also great selection of feature articles and generally great journalism.

Constantly crashing. - especially the slide-out browser storied

Great articles,well researched and clearly presented. Great articles, that provide a clear explanation of the well researched facts and not alternative facts. Please keep up the great work and independent journalism. Thank you.

Almost perfect!. I really enjoy reading the Washington Post... excellent journalism and photography and I love some of the recipes that are published. The only thing that I miss with the app are the comments! Hopefully that facility will be added soon!

Capitol Aftermath. Great to hear from informed and accurate source as to what is actually happening both on the ground and politically.

opinion articles. I like the opinion articles as I find them interesting and well written.

Keeps me abreast. I subscribe from Australia. A great way to keep abreast of what’s happening in your not so great now, but still terribly important and hopefully regaining its sanity, country.

A breath of fresh air. As an Australian interested in US politics - after all the USA is our biggest ally - I’m indebted to the professional writers who offer clear and considered journalism. The work is good. Thankyou

Great connection to an Australian. I am reading the Post everyday to update myself on American issues As always reliable

Dark mode gone with latest update. While I absolutely love the content of the Washington Post, I don’t understand why in the latest update the dark mode function has been lost. It is useful when reading what is an otherwise great newspaper in the evening.

Want a similar paper for Australia. To Jeff Bezos Media in Australia is very concentrated. We have Rupert Murdoch controlling about 70% of print media and Nine controlling the rest. Except for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Guardian Australia almost all main stream media leans right. It would be really great if Jeff started an Australian Post similar to the Washington Post. Australia desperately needs media diversity.

Need to tell the truth.. The Washington Post is required reading for those of us living outside of America who seek to know what is really going on.

Content. Too many opinion pieces. Need investigative journalism.

Contacting the Post. Don’t know what’s going on at the WP but very disappointing after some time as a subscriber. Unable to download full content. Contacted chat line. Given wrong information. Attempted to contact help via inquiry page. Page froze several times. Succeeded in messaging. Pressed “submit” . Did it send? No idea, as whole page disappeared. Twice. Being reluctant to give up after over an hour of effort, tried again. Got a message saying it had sent. Whoopee! Awaiting answer. Score: journalism interesting, relevant, well written 9/10 Admin interest in paying customer.. not impressive.1/10

Content great, ads grating. I enjoy dining on WP news and opinion articles. When reading a print paper, I can peruse ads or choose to ignore them, whereas the app irritates with flashing, moving ads that reduce viewable screen.

Does what it says on the tin: Democracy Dies in Darkness. Update since my last 4 star review: still sterling news coverage and a somewhat consistent stance of clarity about the Great 2020 T-Lie, alongside his leadership in the obedient destruction of democracy in the USA. It is a shame, however, The Post has removed the Ukraine Conflict Tab. Why? Is this a bending and fear of the Right’s will? The world’s safety hinges on not just the resolution of this conflict, but the global alignment to deter another potentially cataclysmic invasion elsewhere in the world. I still love the read aloud feature - so valuable to me, when one is juggling so many life demands, domestic chores, child rearing, waiting for my Dell crud laptop to reboot, Windows to force updates several times a week... I’d avoided the WP pay wall for years until the destructive anti democracy events of the Brexit and Trump era. I feel there are only a few beacons of rigorous reporting left, in this world of Facebook’s popularist race to oblivion. I’m particularly enjoying the recent additions of video content, including speaker events and specials.

What your missing .. Love the paper and the depth of reporting ! I arrived back from Australia 2 weeks ago . I must say they are doing a much better job of dealing with COVID-19 then we are here . Might make a good article . We have a lot to learn from them . Faithfully , Jeffrey Bodwell .

Oz reader. I read the Post everyday online in Australia. Your politics is something else! Great sources, stories, analysis and writing.

Reliable Quality Journalism. With so much misinformation around, it’s comforting to have the Washington Post each cay!

Archives. Great for current news but also for archives going way back.

Limited text size options. This is a great app but the text size range is not as large as some of the other reading apps.

An essential read. Highly readable. Comprehensive coverage of US and world issues. Particularly appreciate a range of competing opinions. An Aussie subscriber. DES Monaghan, Sydney

Great News App. Loving my Washington Post news subscription and in particular the technology section.

Happy I’ve made the switch. After subscribing to the New York Times for years, I tried WP for 6 months, together with the NYT. I’ll suffer the clunky WP app with its primitive navigation (section menu) and no ‘state’ awareness or links to related content, in order to access superior journalism. Bye bye NYT!

Good detailed real news. I’m Australian but greatly interested in world news. This is the type of detailed national news I like Opinion is clearly marked as opinion The news appears balanced and even handed

Washington post. Very Informative inexpensive late night reading. Love this.

Mr G Lawes. You are a first class newspaper and more than ever in your history you are needed the most right now. Democracies are a fragile thing and the situation in the USA is precarious at the present time!

Possible Improvements. As an overseas subscriber I would like to see more international news content and in-depth long reads of all types. I sometimes feel that this is not taken into account when setting up your storyboard, as virtually the whole front scrolling page is America perhaps an international version of the post would be a suggestion to improve content I don’t want to sound to critical as that is not my intention because you guys do good work! Cheers Michael

App very buggy when loading comments. The comments section just keeps reloading and eventually freezes on my iPad. Stories I find very interesting and read them every day

Different view. Being in Australia it’s great to get a different view of the world, most newspapers just concentrate on local issues so I like to try to find a broader view which is given to me by the Post and the entertainment factor of your president’s antics is just too too much.

Listening to articles. I think this is a fabulous innovation, but after about a paragraph, I simply couldn’t listen any more to the terrible monotonal mechanical voice! Please, please, please pay the money and get real people to read the articles. I get the Washington Post to connect with a world beyond my own domestic sphere. I trust it as a news source and enjoy the variety of opinion pieces. The integrity, passion, individuality and liveliness of your journalists and contributors differentiates the WP from the mainstream news media and stimulates and assists me to think ‘outside side the box’ of my own culture and experience. The monotonal (digital) voice of the articles displays none of the valuable attributes I listed above and indeed cuts across the sense of integrity, passion, individuality and liveliness of your articles and, (dare I write this?) - makes them sound ‘FAKE!’

A trusted source. WP one of the remaining trusted media sources that remain in a world with democracies moving to the right because of the wait of numbers who choose to remain uninformed or accept with question the fictions generated by powerful and greedy institutions I read this in Australia where our media has shrunk dramatically. Our must reliable print source frequently and commendably uses stories and items from WP You are doing a great job there in moving against an overwhelming tide. David Terry. Melbourne aust. In my 82nd year

Excellent Paper. I am enjoying my digital edition of the WP as I read it each morning down under in Australia. I am enjoying getting facts about all that is happening in USA and especially what Trump is up to. It’s never dull with him as your President but am very glad I live in Australia. Keep up the good work

Thoughtful and thought provoking. Good stories, well, researched, opinion articles interesting and thought provoking. Excellent

Listen to articles are just awful. Beause the voice seems to and probably is AI determined, there is no reality to the articles. They lack the subtle nuances that one enjoys listening to when news or articles are read by real people …. Please get rid of this system..it doesn't work and actually puts listeners off these articles.

Those of us who are affected - overseas perspective. To the Washington Post: Love your work. We in Australia watch with interest on the daily machinations of your country particularly how it affects my country. What astounds me is how when you vote - you not only vote for yourself and what you believe but the millions of us who are affected by this vote. The Washington Post is a voice in my opinion that is principled and for the most part ethical. I read your posts each day and wonder - sometimes with hope, sometimes with less that what is occurring is a balanced viewpoint. Please be true to your Vision and Mission: Democracy Dies in the Darkness because people like me depend on you.

Washington Post. Great app; easy to read the stories and to navigate. News (including stories in fake news) constantly being updated Opinion pieces are great and no fake news!

The Best. I subscribe to the paper as a reader from Melbourne, Australia. It has the right balance of reporting and great feature articles .

Great way to be informed.. The Washington Post is a great way to learn about US and world politics on the other side of the world - living in Australia.

Where news happens. A great paper, and great app, and as a critical a news source as ever. And I am in Australia! Worth every penny when my local papers digital version is about 4 x the price.

Redesign of UI & Incorporates Reader. Bring the World News tab at the starting. Because international subscribers look for news around the world. Introduce a “Live Update” tab, where readers can see minute by minute news update. Also add a “news reader” tool, which will read the news article.

Pop up ads. Seriously distracting to the point that I am rethinking my subscription. No easy way to opt out!

Need Comments section in app.. Love the app, except for the fact that Comments are not available (to make or view).

Great content, janky app. I decided to switch my US news intake from New York Times to Washington Post. I’m impressed with the journalism but the polish on the app is not so good. Apart from layout spacing & font choices there is a major functional issue. If I’m reading a long article and switch away to another app for a while and then return to the article I’m presented with a pointless splash screen and while it loads to the article I was reading it is at the top, not where I left off reading. Frustrating! Similarly if I’m watching a video and switch away and back it will reset to the start, not where I was last watching.

At last!. I am an Australian reader and totally frustrated with the Murdoch Press dominated drivel that passes as news in Australia, I decided to take up the online subscription offer. It has only been three days but already, I am reading thoughtful articles not just on the US election but on many international issues plus the Lifestyle sections are a wonderful respite from heavy news.

New format. Articles now open in a very narrow window and are difficult to read on the iPad. I sometimes don’t have time to open the app and choose the most interesting articles from the Post Most.

Don’t bother. Sick to death of frustration with the constant failure of WP’s systems in accessing the paper. Constantly told that my subscription is not up to date when my account shows it is, denied access when I am shown as signed in, told to sign out and in again and still fails. In short useless.

John King. News and opinion coverage is excellent, but unbalanced in favour of the left of centre. As a foreigner trying to understand developments in the USA, I view Fox TV as an equally unbalanced right of centre source of news and opinion, hoping to distill the centre.

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Nothing bad to say. Great app. Super ux, easy to navigate, helpful user features and options. Great journalism. Nothing bad to say.

Reliable, honest, up to date news. Best political coverage of any American newspaper.. I’m Canadian and The Washington Post is my go to newspaper for reliable, honest reporting. Unbiased, straightforward, intelligent journalism you can count on. TWP♥️

My "go to" news app. The WP has become my "go to" news app. I prefer it to other major news sources and news "amalgamations". I like the way that the articles are organized and the layout. One feature that I like in particular is the ability of the app to read articles to me when I am out on walks.

Mediocre app. Moving gif advertising while I try to concentrate on reading serious news? Really crappy update which makes me reconsider my subscription.

User-unfriendly and anti-privacy app. Too few customization options in the app. What little there is is hidden behind a very invasive cookie curtain. Why does it take me 2 taps and a swipe to get to the World section? App should open on my selected topics, like the Guardian app does. Your international readers want quick access to your coverage of world events. Every 4 articles, there are these "thank you for choosing WP" blocks that you’re making me scroll through. Wait, will you be serving me ads, after I’ve paid for a subscription? It’s bad enough you’re selling my data without my permission, with no opt-out option. You are making it very hard for your readers to access your content. We are trying to support independent quality journalism.

The Washington Post is excellent. I read a variety of news sources - New York Times, BBC, PBS - because I value keeping up on news and informed opinion. I find the Washington Post one of the thorough sources, intelligently written, and timely.

Great paper, but …. Wonderful paper. Delves deeply and doesn’t shy away from difficult subjects related to the US. But I’m a Canadian and the WP doesn’t understand Canada well if the stories on us are an accurate reflection.

Great news source. Trusted timely insightful. Unrivalled reporting on the events, issues and topics that shape our world.

Washington Post. As a new Canadian subscriber, after years of reading The New York Times, it’s refreshing and fascinating to read a more balanced and insightful approach to news coverage, and the website is positively brilliant. I am overjoyed!

WP is literally owned by Jeff Bezos. I guess that didn’t make it into the “What’s New” bit huh

Canceling your subscription. Brutal Unlike other apps, they make you jump thru a thousand hoops to cancel your subscription

Disappointed. Won’t renew. Same old articles and news. Nothing new from day to day. And news app is behind print version. Only print is current.

Great newspaper!. Lots of choice, love the comics. Goood investigative articles.

An A-list news site. This retired journalism professor is well aware of the Post’s great reputation… and its website is powerful proof of the enduring quality of the newspaper. The site is attractive and easy to navigate… and the journalism is original and powerful. It’s one of my handful of regular ‘go-tos’ for important news, entertaining features and intelligent commentary.

Great articles. The epitomy of very good journalism.

Search function is very poor. The search engine for your journalists is very poor. The most recent articles are never shown and in many cases don’t show up for weeks when you try to see what your favorite journalists have published. It is surprising that this has not been corrected. I’m still only seeing articles listed from December when I know there have been many more recent ones.

Great read. Great background info, unbiased if that is at all possible. Grab the quick 20 minute news grab in the morning and later taking a closer look for interesting articles sometimes sharing them in bed with my partner as we talk our day.

Washington Post Review. A host of interesting coverage on a wide range of topics, but obvious bias in too much of the material.

Washington post. Excellent coverage

Consistent news reporting with varied opinion pieces.. I give WAPO a 1 star rating because of its failure to respect readers free speech. I was unexpectedly banned for life from commenting over a year ago. My ban notice told me to contact customer service if I felt the ban had been made in error. I have done so repeatedly but each time I do so I receive an auto reply that they are too busy to answer individual enquires. So, when my annual renewal notice I checked the box to not renew yet they took the payment anyway. Must be the Jeff Bezos effect on the company. By the way the apparent reason for my ban was this comment: “It appears that “Ray Joseph Cormier” posts under the name “Richard McCulloch” on the Occidental Observer. At present he has 20 posts on the blog. The Occidental Observer is an American far-right online publication that covers politics and society from a white nationalist and antisemitic perspective. Its posted mission statement is to "present original content touching on the themes of white identity, white interests, and the culture of the West." That is what WAPO thinks of free speech I guess.

Stop making me watch multiple videos to see an entire article. I get the post needs money. Recently tried to look at an article about Tesla. Five vid clips, each a minute or so, each time the same damn add. I pay to read once not five times per article

Search engine trash?. Is it just me is the search engine garbage in this app? I tried looking up a story in the app many times that I saw on the Washington Post website. It’s pretty much never able to find it, even if you copy and paste the stories title into the app from the website.

Excellent journalism. Reading WP each day allows me to feel truly connected with occurrences in the world around me.

WP: Excellence in reporting and delivery options. Thoroughly enjoy the reporting and opinions enhanced by the option of consuming them with the audible version provided in most writings. Many thanks, David

Carolyn Hax gets me through each day. I am so sick of COVID, Black Lives Matter, inflation, indigenous issues, Ukraine, Trump, GOP, you name it - all the bad news misery that is the news each and every day. I read Hax while my hubby gets radiation. Its my ‘time-out’. LC

This subscription is a con!. I thought this was a full subscription and there it is not the real webpage for the Washington Post and I am bombarded with adds. Terribly!

Dependable, Intelligent Journalism. You need to clean up your left-leaning censors in the Comments section.

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A great source for unbiased news. I love the post most. The listen to this story so I can listen hands free while I shave, eat or drive. I love being to send article to friends for free. I love the opinion pieces and I love the coverage of not just U.S. politics but the whole world. A great news ap

High quality app from a top news organization. Great app great content. WP journalism is top quality.

Good News Paper, Bizarre advertising. I got to say not only do I find it annoying, but also completely pointless for both me and the Washington Post to put up with advertisement for the Washington Post into news articles even for those with paid subscriptions. If you accidentally click on them they really just take you to the App Store page of the app you were already using and paid for, how is that not a completely needless way to annoy customers? For ads in General, I don’t buy that they need to have ads in the Washington Post to make a living, I think they could have a higher priced subscription plan to get rid of the adds, I think there just afraid they would loose more money than they’d make in offering that to there readers, and since News paper readers are so used to putting up with ads it will be hard for us to find any alternative news outlets that would offer a no ads subscription plan. It’s the same reason micro transactions never came into existence as a payment option in News papers, cause newspapers know they get more money out of people through Subscriptions than by treating readers fairly by letting them pay for only what they read. I got to say it’s no wonder most people don’t pay for news papers because most news organizations treat there customers like crap, and unfortunately none of them seem to have the guts to try to build a good relationship with there readers, they seem to just want to maintain short term profits instead of taking a risk in growing there readers base by offering better reading experience with more inclusive payment options as well. Sure Washington Post is willing to offer you an extremely big discount once you hit the cancel button, but I don’t want to play that game, the only way to keep me as a customer is to simply treat me fairly to begin with, that’s especially true when it comes to newspapers, because there isn’t many businesses that integrity matters more. When news papers prioritize simply making as much money as it can, it makes them feel a lot less trust worthy regardless of whether or not that’s actually true, unfortunately there’s no way to gauge how valuable that trust is in attracting readers, newspapers ironically could probably be as profit driven as they wanted if there was. So back to reading books, maybe watching a little bit of news on prime video, and listening to podcasts like Sam Harris Making Sense for me, I just don’t feel comfortable with the way News papers in general do business in present day. All that being said I’m still giving Washington Post 5 stars cause I don’t believe there an immoral Organization, I get they have a responsibility to make as much money as they can just like any other business, I just wish they’d have the guts to try going about it in a better way, and I say that about the entire newspaper industry as a hole not just Washington Post.

Excellent Interface. I especially love the print edition on a 12.9” iPad. Fantastic

Listen. The new listen feature is worth the price of admission. Turns a sometimes wonky iOS feature rock-solid and easy to use. Great job.

Essential Reading. Aggressive and reliable reporting. The Post Most is essential reading every day. I like the way the app works,too. Good service.

Morning Staple. The Washington Post- current news from around the world; outstanding investigative journalism; insightful, exceptional, thought provoking writing by top renowned journalists; a wide range of sections that peaked my interest From the headlines to the crosswords, you have it all. A must with my morning coffee. Keep up the stellar work.

Good but …. I wish ad videos would not start playing loudly when I am scrolling through an article

Despicable National Review Hirings. Cancelled my subscription only a few weeks-in after hearing that The Post will be employing Jim Geraghty and Ramesh Ponnuru, two men that along with the National Review, have contributed to the destruction of civility in politics, and assured we are all doomed by innumerable crisis’s. Both promote the lowest ghouls for elected office, and it’s ghouls we get. Ben Bradlee wouldn’t have pi**ed on either if they were on fire. Shame SHAME SHAME.

Good balanced coverage from professionals.. Don’t get your news for free...you get what you pay for. Reasonably priced subscription...worth every penny

World class journalism. It’s a damn good thing that Mr. Bezos stays out of the kitchen, because the rest of the house is crammed with truly professional journalists. There may not be an office in Marrakech any longer, but the staff make good use of in country sources; Tigray a likely example. The Post has a masthead that they live up to. All that being said, the App is way too expensive for the average news junkie. Maybe you don’t care about the average news junkie?

Only in The US. I was deranged by the Christmas family photo of Republican T. Massey and family fully armed. This is the reason we no longer visit the United States.

My day without reading WAPO is incomplete!. Washington Post is one of the best sources of information for those who believe in truth and facts! My day without reading it is incomplete! It has everything I need to stay informed on the subjects of my interest. Washington Post and I have a relationship that will last a lifetime, INSHAH ALLAH!

Visual app was better. Very much miss the alternative app that has been removed. Especially don’t like how the story judders every time you scroll past a headline. Why do this?

Good news. Good writing, read it daily, ever more needed as the violence and onslaught against US democracy continues. Glad to be in Canada where the only fear is COVID in the grocery store and where my granddaughter will be safe in school soon without risk of being blasted with an AK 47 in the hands of a maniac! Keep up the fight. I once loved being and working in America and with Americans so much. No more. God Bless America. God bless Joe Biden. God bless the Post and the vigilant and honest press

Issues with size of articles. When I click on a link to read a news article mentioned in a WP newsletter I see only a thin column of text on my iPad mini and must read the article in this narrow banner. There seems to be no way to make the article into full screen mode. Very annoying and super hard to read.

Serious accessibility issue. I have been using the old app for years. It is the only news app which is comfortable for me to use because of my binocular vision disorder. In the old app, articles are displayed in large, clear fonts without clutter, and each section of the newspaper can be Directly accessed by a link. I export article text to my text-to-speech engine to actually read the articles. The only part of the new app I can use is the “discover” section, but it isn’t indexed, so it’s nearly useless for me. (I can’t do a lot of scrolling without triggering a migraine and nausea ) I’m a very happy and grateful reader of your excellent app. I would be really sad to unsubscribe. This would seem like an easy fix— just index the Discover section, or have a global “simple display option” of some kind. I know the Post is by far the most tech savvy news organization. Please keep it accessible for readers with vision disabilities!

My best news/opinions source. Excellent journalism, factual objective and informative

Honest and thorough reporting. I appreciate the factual, straightforward style of writing in the Washington Post articles. The depth and breadth of coverage is also much appreciated. The descriptive subheadings help me to know of key happenings nationally and internationally, and decide if I wish to read further. Clear labelling about whether an article is a report or an analysis of events is also appreciated. As a Canadian, I would of course like to see more coverage of Canadian events of significance that may impact Americans and the rest of the world.

Great. Bought a Times sub. and new IPad Air and this app makes it a pleasure to use.

content ne plus ultra,but.... even here in Canada the Wash Post and NY Times are respected bastions of the free press,reliable and rational reporters of the observable,mortal world we share...esp during these present days the calm and collected reporting,reaction and reflection these papers bring to the reader are much needed and appreciated...but,the constant sign-in,password and captcha routines are driving me to the edge of un-subscribing...you have my money,give me the access I’ve paid for,instead of endless fuzzy captchas’ and still no ability to save articles...because of that the rating should be a meh 3 stars but the 5 star content brings it up to 4 stars....

Canadian view. Love the in depth dive I get in WP stories. Media in Canada is good but I can go 2 levels behind each story on US current affairs. Thank you WP.

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WP got me off the social media habit!. How many of us became used to checking the news at our social media platforms during the last decade? I certainly did. Not only was it unproductive but I never learned anything by being hooked to social media and relying on it to get my news. I subscribed to the WP and added the extension to my chrome browser and now I can access and read the news from a quality news source before emails or other distractions make me waste precious spare time. The ability to read comments from readers to the articles helps one stay connected and maintains that “social media” interaction many of us want to an extent.

Like Washington Post Classic. I have been a digital subscriber to the Washington Post for almost one year. I have come to rely on their national and international reporting. I am a new iPad user of less than a month. My digital subscription includes access to the Washington Post Classic App so I downloaded the App a couple of weeks ago. The App is easy to use. I like that I see sections in a menu across the top of the window. I also have the Washington Post Blue App which does not include local coverage and other coverage I am interested in. Based on my experience so far, I recommend this App. One note I purchased my digital subscription directly from the Washington Post, so I did not go through the App Store for my subscription

Lifetime of excellent reporting. I grew up in Washington, DC, reading the Post, long before the Internet existed. As an adult, I moved to other parts of the country where there was no access to the Post, but it was the yardstick I used to measure the quality of other newspapers. With the exception of the New York Times, no other paper I encountered measured up to the Post in terms of coverage of the news. The investigative reporting is unmatched and the editorial decisions about the breadth of news coverage is so wise. The quality of the writing is a pleasure. Now we live in New England and read online subscriptions to both the Post and NY Times. The Post is my first choice every morning, especially because the Times has no comics to enjoy over my cup of tea!

I miss Fred Hyatt. Jennifer Rubin makes the whole subscription worthwhile. She cuts through the bothsideism that gave us trump. We’ve barely endured the most dishonest president in our history and almost lost our democracy, yet many editorial pieces waste time giving audience to the “other side”. There are no alternative facts. For example, Gov. Youngkin should have been revealed to be the incompetent religious right opportunist that he is. Teachers of Virginia know how inept he is, but the Post gives him oxygen every week with fluff pieces from writers who have zero experience in education. Ask the tough questions. Insist on followup answers to conspiracy theories or when politicians shrug off extreme comments with “ I was just kidding”. Manynheadlines act like click bait. You are capable of so much more, WaPo.

New print version less easy to use. Previously I only used the separate print edition app to read The Washington Post. Now that I have to use the print edition inside the digital app, I find interacting with it somewhat more cumbersome. I usually enlarge each page to easily read it, which was always the case. However, now - turning to the next or the previous page does not ever preserve the “enlarged” view of those pages - the slightest touch on the screen near either edge turns the page. Turning the page back to the page I didn’t mean to leave and it’s the whole page again that I have to enlarge and scroll to where I left off. - clicking on the “continue to page xx” line at the bottom of a column now opens the digital version of the article at the top (and not at the continuation line), not the print version page. - after reading an enlarged page, in order to turn the page I have to reduce the page with a finger pinch to its minimum size. Swiping won’t turn the page. The Post is a great read. Perhaps some of these difficulties can be eliminated in future version improvements.

Ugly, chaotic and lacking basic features. One of the poorest news apps I've used. It's as if they couldn't decide what look to go for so they threw a little of everything at the wall and hit upload. No matter what settings I use it always appears just unpleasant because of inconsistent layouts, fonts, spacing, etc. Please! Pick a style! The comments function is total crap. On a PC you can look at your comments and, with one click, go directly to your comments even when there are thousands posted by others. On this stupid app clicking on "see conversation" takes you to the original article then you scroll down to comments then have to scroll endlessly to find your own so you can respond to replies. Even worse a buffer fills up quickly and slows down the scrolling process. If you ever do find your comment and wish to respond to a reply, the buffer is so full it can take 20 minutes to type a simple answer and it's often scrambled. Also, when searching for topics, the results are often completely irrelevant - is it like Google where people pay to get their results to come up first even when not related to the query - shameful! I often see WAPO articles on other feeds but they don't show up on the site in this app sometimes for hours? WTH - your own app is an ignored step child? Horrible design and even worse function programming.

Crisis trumps profit.. Shooting off the verbal equivalent of a pistol this country pushed, prodded and caused people to act as if they were a herd of buffalo scaring them to mob airports overseas to get back to their home. Airlines were quite willing to stuff them into scores of flying Petri dishes criminally gouging them for the service they performed. At American airport terminals they were then crushed into claustrophobic inducing cattle calls for hours and hours with no place to sit or any reported attempt to give people with heart issues or just sciatically bad backs to take the stress off their compromised systems. Likewise, at this same time, all critical information, no matter their source, should not be used by that provider as a springboard to gain new paying subscribers desperate for life altering guidance when government is not able or tasked to do it! In case I am being too obtuse, I am talking about the WP’s app web site and its less than clear reasoning why some Coronavirus articles are freely available and others need to see a bank account / credit card to provide the open sesame password to gain access to the thoughts and experiences of our fellow human soldiers in this undeclared but never the less very real world war!

Too much recycling of articles. No way to see what I have read already - articles get recycled for days, with same clickbait titles. That leaves me having to flip through the print version :( And please teach your journalists that their opinions belong *only* on that page - too many judgments and bias in every article. Please stick with the facts. And the search function is dysfunctional. If someone asks did you see the Post article on X? You can’t search on X and find it. You have to ask that person what day did you read that and then find it in the online-print version. And the reporting? Getting worse! Faiz Siddiqui’s writing on EVs is so incorrect and biased I wonder who’s paying him. And the language on so many articles is so unnecessarily biased left that anyone centrist or right mistrusts the reporting. Leave the opinions on the opinion page, or in quotes of the people you are interviewing.

Great paper but a little easier on the subscriber please. Wapo, along with the NYT is maintaining a standard of journalism that makes us proud in a time when unflattering news is dubbed “fake” despite being accurate. Well researched, written and edited - not much higher praise to be had. My only complaint is that the Wapo website is kind of harsh when the subscription ends. I tried to renew but forgot my password and the app was just inflexible and unhelpful, and offers limited subscription options. It makes me feel like I will just be content with my other news websites for a while, since this one is not helpful. The NYT website is much more user friendly for resubscribing, so they make me feel wanted.

Very clunky page turning in the print edition. It often takes several attempts to turn a page in the print edition with a long horizontal swipe, yet sometimes a swipe up or down to scroll will result in a page turn instead. It almost seems as though the app decides whether a swipe is horizontal or vertical based on the first two coordinates of the swipe, which may be noisy and inaccurate. This makes reading the print edition unpleasant. The app and its print-edition-only predecessor have had this problem for years now with no improvement. The print edition also loses your place in the paper if you leave it. Again, this has been the case for years with no improvement. Other that those two annoying issues, the app is good overall.

New App Is Not Better. The Post recently updated their app, but it’s not an improvement to this reader. I prefer to view the print edition on a tablet, and you see what looks like the print edition, but once you click on an article, what you get varies widely. I do not prefer the “optimized for online viewing” format of many articles. The type and large amount of space between lines is not visually appealing. I find it harder to read, and the “extra” content is distracting. If they had put their efforts into fixing errors in the content, such as captions and paragraphs that stop mid-sentence, that would have been an improvement. Just give me the print edition, the real print edition. It seems like it’s less like the real print edition each day. I won’t be renewing my subscription. If I wanted the kind of formatting they are moving toward, I’d be getting my news from the CNN website.

Notifications not working. Amazing app, very readable and high quality well-sourced journalism. Some time recently I haven’t been receiving any notifications even though I’m subscribed to most popular/politics etc. I toggled every button on/off and did the same in the iPhone notifications options for WaPo. I don’t think this is a phone issue because my WSJ alerts have still been working fine. Also last comment is that I like the WSJ app’s long home page where I can basically scroll through 40 or so articles and get caught up. The same process in the WaPo app cuts off much more quickly, just some food for thought for the developers. I’ll finally say that I like that alerts are compiled in a list vs. disappearing in the WSJ app.

Please Fix The Voice Speed. In many ways, this seems like a great newspaper app. Unfortunately, it falls miserably short in the one area that I absolutely need. I have been listening to The Washington Post on Audible for years. Since it was discontinued this app is the only way for me to listen to the paper. Unfortunately, the ability to control the voice speed is extremely inconsistent. Every once in a while (maybe 1 in 10 times) the article plays with a male voice which can be adjusted tup to 2X speed which is how I listen to it. However, most of the time it is a female voice that is painfully slow and cannot be adjusted. The whole reason I subscribed to the Post and downloaded the app was because of the ability to listen to the paper. The slow speed is a deal breaker for me and if it is not fixed I will have to cancel my subscription.

Print Edition app is Awesome!. I am a new subscriber; and a longtime reader; I love being able to see the print edition!! There is nothing that compares to seeing a layout which editors have worked hard to make work, visually, in print. Especially the value of reading an article in continuous form while seeing those other articles chosen to lie near it. One of the gems and gifts of journalistically-trained editors, to the rest of us. One of the things I miss most is scanning a true print edition of a newspaper that is a high caliber paper. But, I couldn't stand how the (physical) newsprint piled up. This is an elegant solution. Not to mention, being able to read an article WITHOUT having it cut into shreds by super-annoying pop-up ads!! (Like happens in the digital site or app) Another reviewer mentioned that this iption will be going away, in a soon- to-be-released “app update”…?! I truly hope not. Please keep the print edition option!! Thank you for the work you do— it is more essential and valuable than ever- this is why I subscribed. True investigative journalism is our Democratic bedrock. Please keep it up.

An honest voice when we most need it. We are living in very strange times. The President of the United States has stated he knows more about science than his scientists, more about intelligence than the CIA, more about justice than the Justice Department. He takes the word of foreign dictators and historic enemies of the United States over his own advisors. If any of this is pointed out, he describes the report as “fake news” and mainstream journalism as “the Enemy of the People”. Meanwhile, much of the rest of the world landed in Bedlam as well. Great Britain is cutting ties with the Continent in a manner apparently designed to cause the greatest harm to its own citizens. France is seething with protesters wearing yellow traffic vests. Venezuela’s badly run leftist government is being overthrown, possible by a US Government supported coup (shades of Salvador Allende). And the globe continues to warm, weather continues to harshen, and the seas continue to rise. The only way we have a clue about all this, the only way that we have any idea of what’s happening to our government and our world, is through good, honest journalism. The Washington Post in one of the nation’s finest purveyors of the truth, at a time we desperately need it. Truth dies in darkness.

Content is great, app not so much. The Washington Post content is first rate, but the app has a lot of glitches. It is not uncommon for a story to close down in the middle of my reading it, and I usually have at best a 50/50 chance of any hyperlinks in stories working correctly. My iPad is starting to get old, but it’s my second iPad, so it’s not ancient, and this doesn’t happen to me on the New York Times app. Every time there’s a software update I hope it will fix the problem, and it is better than it used to be, but it still isn’t the smooth reading experience I would like it to be. My husband reads the print version in the morning, and often he has the better reading experience.

Wonderful interface. The online “Print Edition” is awesome because it digitally recreates the look and feel of the paper edition. Headlines and pictures on the front page pop bringing out the meaning and importance of each story. The stories of great note are “above the fold” at the top and the proportional Bold font size per story indicates the “big news” of the day. Along with the use of real estate on the page it helps bring context to the news. This contextualization is a critical part of imparting the news. Separately, the non-print edition has been constantly enhanced to provide better fonts, layouts, customization and controls. It has come a long way increasing the joy of reading. Thanks for continuing to improve the online reading experience!

The digital presentation of the app more closely mimic the articles in the print version?. Every day that I open the Washington Post’s app, I’m presented with a list of stories/articles labeled “top stories”. Many of these do not appear in the print edition’s front page. I understand that since the time that day’s final edition of the newspaper was printed, important news may very well have taken place, but I cannot understand why every front page article from the print edition isn’t included in the app’s top stories for that day. If it was important enough to make the front page, then it should certainly appear as a top story. I’ve also “clicked” on articles (cannot recall from the digital print version of the app or the app itself) where I’ve had to sign in again to read the article. Why?

Washington Post, RIP. Unfortunately, the Washington Post is a shadow of what it once was, having rejected creative reporting for cheap propaganda. It is no longer a leading source of objective news, but, sadly, it has devolved into a propaganda organ for leftist politics, with not even a semblance of trying to be objective. It has left those of us behind who embrace a middle ground and look to a daily newspaper for fair news reporting. It is sad to watch the decline of an institution that was once a respected purveyor of news. It is so unpopular that to increase circulation, the Post has hammered me (and I’m sure many others) with pleas to subscribe for $4/ month. When I declined, the Post offered me a free subscription for a year to come back in order to show a boost in circulation. Instead of giving away subscriptions, the Post would be better off improving the quality of the paper. Washington Post, RIP.

Awesome quality and objectivity but.... The but is this ; it didn’t work well with my mobile phone. There was no option visible in the app sign in or the website that gave an option to change password. Neither worked , signing in with apple or the password I set at sign up. So that is extremely disappointing. Customer service not available on weekends and the sign in issue after signing up led to my decision to cancel my subscription. The fact the subscription is only a reasonable rate for the initial subscription after that it is a hefty price for a digital newspaper also was a factor in the decision to cancel. In defense of the Washington Post at least I can enjoy it albeit apparently with a series of 24 hour passes until such time as I can actually speak with customer service.

Stories That a open In Website. I am increasingly annoyed by how many articles launch in the website and not in the app. For example, half of the front page stories in the February 7, 2021 paper opened in the website. While this makes sense for stories that have graphics that won’t work in the app, most of the stories that open in the website are merely text and pictures. And some don’t even contain pictures, such as sports columns. As someone with low-visibility issues, I can easily read stories in the app, but have lots of trouble reading stories in the website (primarily because of the lack of contrast features). So if the story launches the website, I skip the story and get the news from a more friendly app like Yahoo or SmartNews.

New app a big step backward. The new app is frustrating. There’s a lot of unnecessary embellishments like stacked images to flip through to choose stories. The same content is also listed, sometimes more than once. It’s harder to find things and I feel like specific content is pushed at me repeatedly. Often, when I am trying to scroll through a story, I get randomly jumped to a link in my browser, or another point in the story, through a link that I did not know was there. I find this very annoying. I also cannot figure out what I am doing to make this happen. There are no links in the stories and all I am doing is scrolling. Since the Post is my main source of news, I’m not giving up, but I’d love to get the old app back. I’m also heading to my laptop more often to avoid the app. This is not progress.

WP not what it used to be. I have such a love hate relationship with the Post. On the one hand, they still investigate and cover stories (you will regularly see actual reporting you don’t see anywhere else). On the other hand, they publish Marc Thiessen who is about as dumb as you can get. And some of the other op-ed writers aren’t much better (they have a very simplistic understanding and don’t do much research). And the recent op-ed on how federal workers must return to the office was navel-gazingly dumb (I’m not one, but 25 years of deliberate underfunding is the problem, not remote work). And I’m a subscriber (this past month anyway—I had cancelled after an especially moronic Thiessen op-ed), and yet I can’t print off an article. No print option, send to Kindle is an error message, etc. I PAID FOR THIS and I’m entitled to print/save what I paid for.

Banish the Darkness. My go to source for quality news. Love the app, quick to download and easy to navigate and read on the run. Two things the app doesn’t have are the ability to see the article comments (not necessarily a bad thing I suppose), and the annotated articles where you get additional context and commentary on sections highlighted in yellow. Though to be fair I haven’t been able to get that to work on any of my computers— in any browser— for about a year now. That used to be one of my favorite things about the WaPo. Also needs higher quality conservative columnists. It looks like they’re trying to save money on the ones they have.

Washington Post Articles. As a citizen of the US & longtime homeowner in Annandale VA , I frequently travel to & reside in Calgary, Canada. I am most grateful for the ability to receive WashPost articles online , no matter where I travel to or am at any time . I have & continue to enjoy the highly professional & objectively written articles produced by the Wash Post . They not only keep me updated & informed about my home area of DC , No VA & the US , but also about the state of the world at large . The WashPost has been a comforting reading & information experience of nearly 4 decades for me while residing & working as a HS teacher in No VA & remains that comforting link while travelling & frequently residing outside the USA . Brigitte Lavey

Remove those Ads!. The App has a better experience than the Web - the ads on the web make reading articles a terrible experience...please remove ads while reading articles! Been a Post subscriber for many many years. The content is great! But reading is distracting because every view has some flashy image lurking trying to get your attention. I read the NYT also, and they don’t do that. For the first time I am seriously considering dropping my Post subscription’ Ads now take over the reading experience - when you are in the middle of reading an article, the ads take over the screen over and over! This CANNOT be the experience of reading the Post! Please restore sanity to the Post experience

Access difficult..... Once in the app, it’s good. The frustrating part is paying over $100 /yr for an app that makes you jump through multiple hoops upon every access, unlike the much smoother NY Times app. Often I simply throw my hands in the air when trying to access WashPo articles after getting messages like “we recognize you as logging in via a different method” [!!] from, say, a Twitter link ... I’m forced to go to my email, retrieve a message, then *change password* every time I inadvertently try — god forbid — to look at an interesting WashPo link from a third party app on the same device I have the app installed on... again, other publication apps have no problem syncing authorizations. Hugely irritating. The only reason I remain subscribed is because of the content.

The golden age of news reporting. In this strange era of orchestrated division in OUR country, real news is actually available. The WAPO is preeminent among a group of hard copy and digital newspapers and magazines that work hard to find and verify truth and fact in a world of lies, distortions, and propaganda supporting damaging agendas. Truth and fact are the only path to a future worth having, not least of which is the survival of OUR republic which, as predicted by the founders of OUR country, will not persist automatically. Fundamentally, America is a beautiful idea. Ronald Reagan called it the shining city on the hill. We must want it and work to preserve it. The WAPO is a powerful source in this struggle and it is quite correct in saying that democracy dies in darkness.

So much more than a newspaper. First of all I want to say that I am proud to subscribe to the Washington Post to support the important work that is done there. I consider it a privilege to experience this app every single day. The reporting at the Washington Post is so vitally important today. The immersive news experience that this app provides is absolutely fantastic. It is easy to use. I think everyone should subscribe so that the incredibly important work that they do here can continue forever. If there were ten stars it would not be enough. I truly believe in the work of the free press to keep all branches of our government in check. Now, more than ever it vital to support the mission of the Washington Post going.

Love WAPO. Love all your reliable confirmed legitimate news coverage. Appreciate the emails updates. Thank you Press! If it wasn’t for you we would be headed for a dictatorship no doubt. Thank God we have the Press, thank the Press! I think at this point in American history we should have a national holiday entitled National Free Press Day! Seriously. Thank you all you reporters for doing what you do Day in and day out, our great nation depends on you MORE THAN EVER! I get most of my news online and not Facebook or Twitter. I will never have a Facebook account because I will never want my political actions based on money served up by parties opposed to true democratic principles. That being said once again I congratulate you for all you are doing for America. Thank you!

Recently started crashing. A lot.. (Update) The developer reached out in a matter of days, identifying the problem and telling me it was fixed. The app is working now and I am impressed with the Post’s customer service. So I am updating my review to 5 stars. The content (articles) is great too—thoughtful, well written and vetted news articles. I have trouble finishing articles because of the crashing. I think ads are to blame. Scrolling through the article stutters when it hits the first ad on the page and then gets progressively worse until the app closes on its own. I’ve been reading the post and using the app for years. I love the articles and content, but the app just got buggy.

First rate. WPost app contents and I depend on The Washington Post to reconnect me to the Greater Washington area where I lived and worked for over40 years. The Post has the best coverage of political news. During my professional life in the Greater Washington Area as an administrative assistant to the superintendents of Alexandria City Public Schools myrespect for The Post and its reporters with whom I had contact grew each year. I represented the superintendent at the annual Agnes Meyer Awards ceremony where I met Robert and Katherine Graham. In conversations with them one had to be struck by their grace and humility--a characteristic sadly missing from many players on the "national stage" today. America will survive thanks to its free press that even the most sinister propagandists have been unable to silence.

Reputable news at my fingertips. It has been a long time since I had a subscription to a print newspaper. I finally decided that I needed to stay informed, as well as support quality journalism, the beacon of democracy. I bought a digital subscription to the WP and am delighted to have breaking news on my iPhone wherever I happen to be. I can also read the news on my laptop or on my Kindle. I don’t have to make time to sit in front of a newspaper, I can read whenever I have a few minutes. I am delighted with the writing and the quality of reporting. I am now better informed and not so susceptible to what I see on FB. All I can say to The WP is keep up the good work.

Hardcore Liberalism. I cannot stand this organization. They are so anti-Trump and liberal extremists. It’s totally one-sided and Trump obsessed. Do not use this as your main source of news if your interested in events unfolding and what’s going on in the country and world. This is only for extremists who are only interested in anti Trump rhetoric. That’s it. I am independent and remain neutral about Trump, don’t necessarily agree wjth many of his policies but I am an American and proud to be and I show this by supporting my president, regardless of my personal opinions and rather I voted for him or not. 2016 elections are way over and they still haven’t accepted the results. Instead of up building their president aka country, they’re waiting for him to fail and watch their country crash and burn. How anti-American is that!! This is your source of news if that fits you. Otherwise, avoid using outlet unless it’s out of pure entertainment.

One of the Best. The development of this particular app seems miles ahead of other news outlets, and never do I experience the sense of content being stripped down or clunkily reformatted to fit the iOS platform. In some instances—especially the truly excellent visual stories for which WaPo is becoming known—it’s as if the designers began mocking up the look and feel on an iPhone simulator, first. They truly understand the UX. Amazingly user friendly. Chock full of hidden goodness. My complete go-to for breaking news, deeper dives, and some of the very best investigative reporting anywhere, ever. Cannot recommend more highly, and, now, looking forward to seeing how The Post’s terrific content shines on the larger canvas of iPadOS.

I love this app, but…. I get alerts every morning in several areas and appreciate the ability go right to those articles. I also get the hard copy of the Washington Post. I think our local newspaper is one of the best written newspapers in the US. We also read The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal newspapers regularly. However, if I see an article in the Post app first, it may be hard to recommend or share it as the title may change or the time lag in the print edition makes the article challenging to find. That said, I’m grateful that my husband and I have been regular subscribers since 1977. We love our local newspaper.

Hagerstown opinion. Love the special sections especially Tuesday’s health and enjoy Wednesday food and weekend travel. International stories pretty balanced. Magazines Sunday section is fun. My wife and I fight about who can find the differences in photo picturesThe opinion pieces-have gone off the left-wing wagon and even when a conservative opinion writer given an opportunity to Comment about our civilization seems to often to be a never Trumper. Also enjoy obituaries and have been reading the post for over 30 years in print. I wake up sometimes quite early and papers at my doorstep by 4 AM. On my phone when away from the house The online version is helpful. Keep up the option of online reading when you have a subscription again let me say that bit more middle of the road from a 64-year-olds Point of view would be appreciated

Marc Theissen opinion piece in the Fri Jun 5 edition. Theissen’s piece in today’s WP might be persuasive if: Your exposure to President Trump was limited to the text of the prepared and conciliatory statements he reads, occasionally, and with little apparent conviction You were unaware of the stark difference in the content of those statements and the content of his usual messages You were unaware of his tone when he speaks and tweets with conviction You were somehow isolated from his stream of juvenile invective and name calling, and his enthusiastic promotion of a seemingly endless series of bald-faced lies. But without all of the above, the Theissen piece is far from persuasive. I think we should expect better from Mr. Theissen. Sheldon Goettel

Why change?. As a longtime reader of the Post - previously the print edition and now remotely online - I’m disappointed by the changes to the app. The previous version was unique, easy to navigate, and visually appealing. The new version looks like every other online newspaper. And the same stories pop up repeatedly as you scroll - if I want to read a story, I don’t need it to appear in 3 or 4 different places. This app requires a lot more scrolling to find what you want. I value the quality of the reporting so will continue to read the Post but your new technology is subpar. You should have remembered the cliché: if it ain’t broke…

Poor search function. Sometimes I see reference to a Post article somewhere else, and I’d prefer to read it through this app, rather than try to remember my subscription password to open it from the other source. But, invariably, I cannot find it on the Post app by using the search function. And forget trying to find an opinion piece by searching on the author’s name: it just doesn’t work. And just this morning I saw, on the Post app, an article about a landslide in Ecuador. Didn’t read it right then. Went back an hour later to look for it. It was no longer where I’d first seen it. And it wasn’t in the World section. So I searched on “ Ecuador.” The latest thing that came up was a month old in an article about Chile. Sheesh! Fix your search function, Wapo!

App experience leaves much to be desired. With this app, you pay a fair bit of money for an experience cluttered with advertising — including ads that interrupt the article you are reading. The app also features usability issues on the iPhone at times, such as clunky transitions. The back button is at the top left of the app instead of at the bottom, making this app a poor choice if you are riding the Metro with one of the larger phones and want to use one hand. This app was allegedly an “improvement” over the original national edition app, which I loved. That app was easy to use, clear and uncluttered, and I paid $9.99 a month with no ads. The Post is now charging me the same amount for an experience so poor that I’m on the hunt for a different news source.

Decent app that only scratches the surface. The WaPo covers an immense amount of news in a given day and the app allows a curated insight into some of the top stories. The user can express story preferences and use the sidebar to drop into specific areas of interest. A large iPad makes for a pretty ideal platform as the iPhone screen struggles to display all the options. Despite all that, it’s not a great substitute for a traditional paper subscription (which are not available in my area) but it’s workable. Where the app is laughably bad these days is the proliferation of adds for quack health remedies that will make your bowels flush with happiness, your tinnitus disappear, etc. As a paid subscriber, I should have the option to turn all of that nonsense off. Heck, I’d pay extra not to see all that crap, but I don’t have the option to do so. Barring a kill switch, I’d love the WaPo to stop competing with Yahoo for the stinkiest of cesspool-affiliate advertising dollars. The app now features ads that would never make it into the print edition because they are incongruous with being printed in a serious newspaper. The online edition is sadly quite a bit more flexible there.

Crosswords. I subscribe to the Post and got the app mostly for access to the crosswords. The fact there is an ad you have to go through to get to them is a bit annoying since I do pay for a subscription. Just have the ads to the side like articles. The more annoying issue is the reset the app does on occasion. You get a text, another notification, whatever and go to it while in the crossword. You come back to the app and suddenly it goes to the app boot up screen as if you had closed fully out of the app. Navigate to the crossword and it has reset with none of the work already inputted. Fine if you just started but maddening when you are halfway through a puzzle. Filed a ticket and was told they did not have a solution besides printing it out and doing it that way.

User friendly. The Washington Post app is so much better than the NYT’s app. I love the newspaper page lay out where I can flip through the pages and sections. The search feature is also better than NYT’s which only finds an article if I use the exact headline- which sometimes differs from print headline. The other features like saved articles, gifting articles and archives are also easy to navigate. Lastly, the comment section is the best I’ve used. Comments are posted quickly, other comments are interesting and it’s easy to see responses from my profile feature. Of course there are frequent trolls but the moderators seem to do a good job banning them.

The Best of the best. I have long enjoyed E.J. Dionne through Commonweal, and Ashley Parker through MSNBC, and various others including Dana Milbank. The quality of your reporting is extremely high, and the paper easy to read. I am recently retired so get a chance to read more, so I feel very lucky to have this chance to read The Washington Post. Obviously I am thrilled that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will take control of the country, their influence over the whole of the world will be enormous, and I think Joe Biden has chosen one of the best possible committees to deal with the Corona Virus. These are exciting but difficult times and so it makes it all the more necessary to have high quality reporting. Between your paper and the New York Times I have the best of the best! Fr Nick Punch

Main screen. I’ve been reading the wapo for almost 15 years and I think the content is very well written, fair, and overall great journalism. But why is the only thing I ever see now from WaPO in the main front page of the app all political! It’s very annoying how on the main Screen there are 10 different articles covering the same thing, eg midterms, Kavanaugh etc. Why can’t the main screen also cover all world events? I really would like the main screen to be a place where I can go and get my “big” stories of the day. Instead it’s 10 different articles covering one or two US political stories of the day. I would like to be able to use this app as my go-to see what’s happening in the world as I live overseas and the world does not revolve around US politics. Consider rearranging the main screen stories to be more expansive coverage. Thanks!

Love tech and in depth articles, but editorial page STINKS!. So many good journalists. I love the tech friend- good advice! But the opinion pages are written for people like Lauren Boebert, and I doubt she even reads. She is unaware of basic grammar; she uses the word Democrat interchangeably as a noun or adjective. And yet, Rep Raskin pointing this out was considered an unfriendly move by a Democrat; according to your columnists, this is why Democrats are considered elites. Most of the Washington Post readers appreciate grammatically correct writing. We despise being gaslit. We miss the quality columns when Meg Greenfield was in charge. Would Hugh Hewitt have a job with Meg Greenfield? NO! Neither would most of your columnists. Please fire the majority!

Solid App. Very stable, aesthetics are pleasing (especially compared to the other WaPo app), and the alerts are relevant. WaPo itself is among the great papers of our time following the Bezos purchase, and it's the only outlet I personally pay for a subscription to access. My only suggestion would be to incorporate the comment section into the app. Right now, I can only read and write comments using my phone's web browser. At a minimum, the app could include a link at the end of each article that would open the article's comments in Safari or whatever default browser you may have. Still, the ideal would be to have the comment section within the app itself to make for a more seamless experience. Keep it up WaPo! We appreciate your dogged reporting in this age of "alternative facts" and outright misinformation.

Get back on. I have been a subscriber digital for 2+years and today I had to pay my bill with a different CC account. Now I’m trying to get back on the app so I can read Washington post again they sent me here this morning and I’m still not connecting and being updated ! I’m frustrated I’m angry because I’m going in circles - I push the button to get back on and I’m told no can do so they send me to some other app that says if youre looking for Washington post press here and back I go to the button that Wa Po sent me to 10 minutes ago I’ve never been so misinformed ever - how is this easier and quicker as Washington post claims in these very pictures above I give this app a big black 0 for treating your customer’s terrible- I’m a paying customer too- this is not free either who do I go to to get this app fixed? You don’t even have tech support button - nothing

Jeff Pierre is my favorite voice in the AM. The WP 7 was how I started my mornings 60 % of the time, but now with Jeff Pierre and the podcast I actively look, listen to my WP 100% of the time. Great podcast, wonderful voice, and great presentation of the 7, which has me visiting my digital paper throughout the day. I’m glad the WP went digital with great News going with voice format reading news reports, opinion pieces at the same time my near vision required reading glasses. Wonderful timing!! It’s sad, that my subscription to the new digital NYTIMES (2014), hasn’t followed the WP terrific voice lead. I, definitely get the news throughout the day from my digital WP subscription.